BW2/3  +  235964 Wed, 14 Jun 06 11:39 AM It is not twelve O'clock yet. If it is, the alarm will be ring. It is not 12/twelve A.M. yet. If it is, the alarm will be ring. Are they OK? If not, why? Thank  you BW2/3 Joined on Sat, Oct 22 2005 Contributing Member 1,283 Carpe diem!!

	nona the brit  +  235991 Wed, 14 Jun 06 01:40 PM the first sentence options are all fine. We don't use a capital o in o'clock though. If it is - this is incorrect. You have already told us that it isn't, so there is no doubt -'if' - here. You mean 'When it is' The alarm will be rung or will be ringing. 'Ringing' gives us a sense of what will be happening at the moment of 12. It is a way of saying 'this is how you will know it is 12 o'clock'. It focuses on the sound of the bell. 'Rung' gives us the sense that there is an arrangement for the bell to be rung at 12. It is a way of saying 'this is the time the bell will be rung'.  It focuses on the time. I think most contexts would require 'rung'. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.